The first families are moving into Ho-Chunk Village, a new development of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The tribe began diversifying its economy but noticed that tribal members were leaving the reservation. The problem was lack of housing. In hopes...

Members of the Oneida Nation who are facing eviction from their New York reservation are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The families had asked the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the eviction. They say they...

A member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana has been freed of a criminal contempt charge in his fight against the tribe's constitution. Russell Standing Rock is opposing amendments to the constitution. He was arrested after refusing to under...

The John Kerry-John Edwards campaign has a new office on the Navajo Nation that is next door to the Republican Party's Navajo office. The Northern Navajo Democratic Party opened the office to get Navajos to vote for the Democratic ticket....

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the lobbying activities involving six tribes that gave at least $66 million to two Washington insiders who peddled their influence with top Republicans. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff appeared at the...

Leaders of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York are considering putting up toll booths on the reservation as a means of generating revenue. Tribal leaders said the need arises from the federal government's crackdown on Indian-owned gas stations....

Voters on the Pine Ridge Reservation will be able to cast absentee ballots without leaving the reservation under a plan approved on Wednesday. The Shannon County Commission voted to open early voting offices on the reservation, the Four Directions Committee...

A new book tells the story of Raymond Cross, one of the first Indian lawyers who helped his North Dakota tribe win a landmark claim. Cross, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, is the subject of...

The first-ever Native American Student Leadership Conference was held in Nebraska on Wednesday. A reported 100 Native students attended the conference, held at Southeast Community College. They listened to motivational speeches from people like Arnold Thomas, a Shoshone-Paiute man who...

A new program starting on two Arizona reservations tomorrow will supply Indian students with healthy snacks. The Department of Agriculture is paying for fruits and vegetables at schools on the Tohono O'odham Reservation and on the Gila River Reservation. The...

The Native Food Summit was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently to focus on restoring the foods that were once part of the indigenous diet. The summit was sponsored by the First Nations Development Institute. It brought tribal leaders, health experts...

Only 16 Indian voters were contacted for a new South Dakota poll but almost all of them say they will vote for incumbent Rep. Stephanie Herseth, a Democrat. Of the 16 Indians contacted by Zogby International, 14 supported Herseth. The...

The Center for Indigenous Nations Studies at University of Kansas has added an Indigenous Museum Studies to its program. Students got some real-world experience in the subject by attending the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in...

The federal judge handling the Indian trust fund ordered the Interior Department on Tuesday to keep beneficiaries informed of their rights regarding the sale or exchange of trust land. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth declined to impose a preliminary injunction...

"Today, Senator Byron Dorgan told the [Senate Indian Affairs] committee [Jack] Abramoff and Scanlon lurked in a “cesspool of greed.” A Washington grand jury, the FBI and a task force of five different federal agencies are also looking into the...

A new group that claims a growing membership says federal recognition for the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation will hurt the community. Town Action to Save Kent (TASK) says recognition will lead to a casino, crime, traffic, decreased tax revenues and fewer...

The Roseau River First Nation of Manitoba is taking advantage of its exemption from the province's new ban on smoking in public places. The band is building a new casino it hopes will attract not just gamblers but smokers. Tribal...

The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program that has helped tribes with law enforcement handed out its last set of police hiring grants this month. The Bush administration has eliminated funds for the hiring portion of COPS, saying it has...

The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut has appealed the Bureau of Indian Affairs' denial of federal recognition. The tribe claims the decision was not about the facts but about "politics and power." The appeal claims the BIA made mistakes...

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has reached a water services agreement with the town of North Stonington, Connecticut. The final draft is still being prepared but represents progress, a town lawyer said. Last year, the town pressured the state to...

"It is certainly true that Indian issues do not get the attention they deserve, so any conference at which tribal leaders can voice their concerns to elected officials is - usually - good news. In this case, though, we don't...